Shock carrier



March 4, 1924. 1,485,737

L. STORDAHL SHOCK CARRIER Filed Nav. 18. 1922 Patented Mar. d, 1924i.

SHOCK .CARR/IER.

Application filed November 18, 1922. Serial No. 601,787.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, LARs STORDAHL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltic, in the county of Minnehaha and State of South Dakota, have invented certain Ynew and useful Improvcn'ients in Shock Carriers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to shock carriers, and has for its object to provide a shock carrier capable of being easily engaged with the shock to permit handling of the shock without requiring the carrier to be fastened to the shock after being inserted in the shock.

It is also an vobject of the invention to provide a device of this character wherein the portions of the carrier adapted to be insert-ed in the shock are arranged to prevent accidental disengagement of said portions from the shock.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a shock of this character made from a plurality of strands of material, said strands not only forming the body portion of the device, but also the prongs of the device. y'

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the'improved construction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more particularly described, fully claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichzi Figure 1 is a top plan View of a shock carrier constructed in accordance with an embodiment of the invention;

Figure 2 is an end elevation;

Figure 3 is a side elevation, the handle being shown in section; and

Figure 4; is an enlarged fragmentary bot-V tom plan view.

Referring to the drawings, 5 designates a handle member of a length sufficient to serve as a grip for the hand of the user. The end portions kof the upper face of the handle have grooves 6, said grooves being spaced from the end faces of the handle each other.

This handle member is intended to support the shock engaging means of the device. This means comprises two vsets of prong members designated 7 and 8. As each set ,then extende and fromv is constructed the same, the description of one will suflice for both.

Each set comprises a plurality of strands 9, 10 and 11. Y The strands 9 and 10 are Wound one u on the other as at 12 and are beneath the handle member 5 substantially in parallel relation to each other, one end portion of the strand 9 being formed into a prong 13, while one end portion of the strand 10 is substantially offset outwardly in spaced relation to the prongs 13 to provide aprong 14. The opposite end portion of the strand 9 is extended outwardly as at 15 and then downwardly to provide a prong 16. The ropposite end portion of the strand 10 is extended inwardly as at 17 and then outwardly as at 1S and downwardly to provide a prong 19, the prong 19 being disposed rearwardly of the prong 16 and in spaced relation to the prong 16. The strand 11 is extended upwardly between the strands v 9 and 10 as at 20, through the groove 6 of the handle and is then coiled about the strands 9 and 10 as at 20a to substantially hold said strands in engagement with each other. n

In addition tothis, the Vcoil 20a serves to bind the handle within the loop formed by the strands 11 onthe top of the 'handle and the strands 9 and 10 beneath the handle. The strand 11 is then extended from the coil 2()a substantially laterally of the prongs 13 and 14 and then substantially in parallel relation to said prongs to provide a prong 21.

Theend portion 22 of the strand 11 is extended beneath the wound portions of the strands 9 and 10 and wound around the portion 23 of the strand 10. The portion 23a of the strands 11 is extended outwardly and then downwardly to provide a prong 24, the prong 2-1 being disposed between the prongs 16 and 19 and in spaced relation to said prongs. After each' of the lsets 7 and 8 have been formed as above described, the portion 18 of each of the strands 10 -is twisted about the corresponding portion 1S of the strand 10 of the opposite set so as to substantially form abowed body member through the co-- operation. of the remaining strands tof each. set. By the above arrangement it will be noted that each ofthe prongs 16, 19 and 24 of each set of prong members projects beyond the 'adjacent strand.

the body member formed by the body portions of the strands and are also disposed substantially in an are, and incline substantially obliquely of the body member and toward the handle 5. The prongs 13, 14 and 21 also incline outwardly with respect to the body memberl and away from the handle, the prongs 13, 14 and 21 of the set 7 being disposed in angular relation with respect to the prongs 13, 14 and 21 of the set 8.

By this novel winding of the wires one upon the other, the body portion of each pair oi prongs also serves as the body inember of the carrier, so as to space the prongs from each other and at the same time permit the body portion of each strand to reinforce It will thus be seen that each end portion of each strand serves as a prong, each prong being spaced from the adjacent prong so as to permit the caru rier to readily enter a shock of grain.

In the use oi the device, the handle 5 is grasped by the operator and the body portion of the device, formed by the wound portions 'of the strands, is held in a substantially horizontal position, thus positioning the prongs at an inclination to the horizontal. By moving the carrier toward the shock, all of the prongs will enter the shock in an inclined position. It will be noted that each prong is provided with a plurality of notches 25 which serve as means to prevent the prongs from slipping from the shock. By positioning the carrier as above described it will be readily seen that upward pull by the operator will not disengage the carrier from the shock, but instead will cause the longitudinal portions of each prong to engage the shock, thus preventing accidental disengagement of the carrier from the shock. When the shock has been conveyed to the desired place it is only necessary to move the carrier along the shock so as to permit the inclined prongs to move outwardly of the shock.

From the foregoing it willbe readily seenv that this invention provides a novel formv of shock carrier which is light in weight, constructed to conveniently tit the hand of the user, and wherein the carrier may be engaged with the shock without requiring the same to be fastened by any means other than the prongs which engage the material of the shock. In addition to this, the entire device can be made from six strands of substantial wire and a handle member. The practicability of this invention can be readily seen from the fact that it provides an easy means of picking up a bundle or shock from the ground and setting it up and the effect of it will be the same, as far as the workman is concerned, as if each bundle lor shock was provided with a handle, it being Well known that the most strenuous part of shocking grain is the securing of a irm grip on the shock. This invention, therefore, will aid the Workman in securing a firmer grip on the shock and also to control the same after he has it picked up from the ground. i

l/Vhat is claimed is l. A carrier of the character described comprising a handle member, a set of prong members carried by each end portion of the handle member, each set of prong members comprising a plurality of strands of material, each strand being engaged with the adjacent strand ofthe set, said strands eX- tending laterally of the handle, the end portions of each strand of the vset being formed into prongs.

2. A carrier of the character described comprising a handle member, a set of prong members carried by each end portion of the handle member, each set of prong members comprising a plurality of strands of ma! terial, each strand being engaged with the adjacent strand of the set, said strands eX- tending laterally of the handle, the end portions of each strand of the set being formedfrom said U-shaped member in inclined relation thereto.

5. A carrier of the character described comprising a handle, a substantially U- shaped member carried thereby and having its arms embracing the end portions of the handle, and a plurality of prongs extending from said U-shaped member in inclined relation thereto, the prongs being arranged in substantially parallel relation.

6. A device of the character Vdescribed comprising an elongated handle formed near its ends with grooves, a substantially U-shaped shank formed of intertwisted strands of resilient material, certain of the strands embracing the handle and being engaged within said grooves, certain of the strands being of unequal lengths and having their end portions free and angularly deiected to constitute prongs.

7. A device of the character described comprising an elongated handle formed near its ends with grooves, a substantially U-shaped shank formed of intertwisted strands of resilient material, certain of the strands embracing the handle and being enthe other side thereo, the strands forming gaged Within said grooves, certain of the the last mentioned prongs being interenstrands being of unequal lengths and having gaged whereby to reinforce and brace the 10 their end portions free and angularly delast named prongs.

5 ected to constitute prongs, certain of the In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my prongs being arranged at one side of the signature. handle and the remainder being arranged at LARS STORDAHL, 

